Esmeralda, the Ear'Quessir Chapter 28, a lord of the rings fanfic

Esmeralda, the Ear'Quessir.

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Chapter 28: Siblings are lame.

"Morgan! You always beat me to things! I hate that!" I poked the pirate in the chest hoping it would leave some bruising, he just laughed and grabbed me hands.

'Now, is that anyway to treat the older brother you haven't seen for quite a few years?" He continued to chuckle when I stuck my tongue out and ripped my hands away.

"Yes."

"Now now, you can't truly be that angry? 'He continued to smile, he almost blinded me with his white teeth, the whitest I've ever seen on anyone, elves included. "Smile." Not when my teeth would look black compared to yours, thanks. 'That was more of a grimace, here, I shall help you!" He leaned forward and placed his fingers on the side of my cheeks and was about to force me to smile until Legolas stepped forward and cleared his throat. "Oh, who could this be?" Did I mention he was slightly fruity? I took a step in front of Legolas clearing my throat to get Morgan to take his eyes off of, well places he shouldn't see.

"Morgan, this is Legolas of the Woodland realm, Legolas this is Morgan." Legolas bowed his head, Morgan licked his lips and took a step closer.

"Well, fancy meeting such a fine man in such a place." Morgan gave Legolas his biggest smile, Legolas smiled back, the poor elf, never catches anything.

"Morgan." He continued to stare at Legolas who began taking steps back. 'MORGAN! Now that I have you're attention, he's not gay." He visibly deflated, Legolas raised his eye brow at me, I just shrugged and walked over and wrapped my arm around his waist. "Don't worry about it."

'OH Esme, you have snagged a cute on haven't you?!' Morgan began wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive manner, until I threw a shoe at him. He dodged it and it hit Edward who was climbing up the side. I ran over to the rail to see him rubbing his forehead and shaking it to clear his sight.

"Sorry Edward! That wasn't meant for you!" He rolled his eyes at me and began to climb up again, I turned to see Morgan primping and smiling like a hyena. I wonder how many elves he's going to try and seduce today. "He's taken."

"Well, that can easily be undone then." Morgan took a step towards Edward with his hand stretched out to shake Edwards, too bad he walked right by him, didn't even give him a second glance. I snickered and pointed at Morgan who huffed and pointed his nose into the air. Sore loser.

"Well, they've finally stopped fighting. And I've found something you might want to see, he's wounded quite a few of our men single handedly, except for these weird green things that have been floating around him, they really wanted to kill Bart, but the man kept them from it." Green things floating?

"Edward, I believe you've had enough rum for the time being." I patted him on the shoulder and gave him a sympathetic smile, he looked like he was trying to control his breathing so as not to lash out at me. Like he would.

"Just. GO." He pointed to the ship next to ours, still controlling his breath, and keeping his eyes shut. Someone needs a time out. I grabbed Legolas' arm and drug him to the side with me.

'Well, let's go see these green floaty things Ed's talking about." I jumped off the ship and began to swim over when I felt some one breathing rather hard in my ear, guess who. Morgan.
"What. Do. You. Want?"

"I can't really swim that well." He smiled innocently and continued to latch onto my arm.

"you're a pirate."

"Yes I know."

"What the hell?" I looked at Legolas who was shaking his head and laughing. "Go to Legolas instead." Morgan's face practically lit up like the sun. "But don't do anything dirty, he's mine remember?"It went down a few notches. Morgan swam faster than I've ever seen anyone swim over to Legolas who stared at him like he was crazy. Wait a minute, if he could swim over there, I just told him to do what he wanted to do. Man I'm an idiot. "MORGAN GET AWAY FROM HIM YOU FREAK! I've got your number now!" I swam over to them and pulled Legolas away from Morgan and began swimming back towards the ship, faster this time. "Manwhore."

"What was all that about?" Legolas truly looked confused. I smiled and kissed him on the cheek before clambering up the side of the ship.

"Ah, Esme, I was wondering when you would show up." I whirled around to see the same greasy hair that I had become so acquainted with for the past few months. Aragorn was here!

"Yous how up in some of ht oddest places, you know that?" I walked forward to give him a hug but was beat by Morgan, who sprinted past me with a huge grin and his hand out stretched. Aragorn looked at him apprehensively before grabbing his hand to shake it.

"My name's Morgan, what's yours?" I'm surprised Morgan didn't start fluttering his eyelashes. I ran up and grabbed him by his collar.

"Down dog." Aragorn merely chuckled before wrapping me in a hug.

"Glad to see you are ok, but, what is wrong with your friend over there?" He shook his head over to where Morgan was nursing a bruised neck, I just flicked my wrist and said nothing.

"It is good to see you again Aragron." Legolas walked up, didn't plan on hugging Aragorn, who obviously had different plans.

"And I assume he's pretty darned happy to see you as well." I crossed my arms, Edward's little floating things weren't anywhere to be found...liar.

"Lord Aragorn, are we to head out now!" Ok I lied, I'm now shaking in Legolas' arms because some weird ass green ghost thing just floated right through me and talked to Aragorn. And you know what's ever weirder? Aragorn responded.

"I suppose, are you all ready to leave?" He looked to me and Legolas, we were just to busy staring open mouthed at the thing ghost. It was truly disgusting.

"What is that?" I asked slowly sticking my hand out at it, Legolas grabbed it with his own and shook his head at me. "Party Pooper."

"It is one of the cursed soldiers, is it not?" Legolas looked at Aragorn, then back at the ghost, and then made some noise of understanding. Too bad I'm still stuck in the dark.

"So It is, in fact it is the King of the Dead Soldiers." Aragorn smiled at Legolas, what a smart cookie, not.

"So, Esme is still lost, plan on helping her any time?" I asked pointing at myself, Aragorn rolled his eyes before launching into some drawn out story, about mountain doing something stupid and being cursed. Only my version is about thirty minutes less time. "You know what I've noticed, we have yet to see the dwarf...did you lose him?" I smiled all big, until I heard loud heavy foot steps, and even louder chewing. Scratch that.

"Elf! And the other one! How wonderful it is to see you?" He smiled through the crumbs on his beard. Legolas smiled back before clasping his shoulder.

"And you too."

"As wonderful as this all is, I most intrude and say that we should get going, it will only be a little while longer before the pirates find us you know. So, can we move on?" I nearly jumped over the side of the ship.

"Holy mess where did you come from Will?" I placed my hand on my chest and tried to calm my heart, it wasn't working very well.

"Um, I've been here the whole time?" He looked at me like I was an idiot.

"Have you really?"

'Yes. Can we go please?"

"Oh right yeah. Back to the ship." I was about to walk off until I heard Aragorn clear his throat. "Yes?"

"Introduction really are good things."

"Oh fine, Will Aragorn, Aragorn Will. Happy?"

"Most definitely."

"Dear sister, how were you planning on returning to your ship so far away?" damn I forgot Morgan was there too, I'm going to die of a heart attack one day.

'Swim? The same way we got here." Duh I continued to walk to the rail until I was cut off by Jack.

"I hope you weren't planning on returning to your ship now were you?" He had a weird smile that was kinda creepy, even for Jack.

"Yes I was, why?" the look got even stranger.

"Well, Barbossahascaptureditandifyougobackhewillgetyouaswell." Can we say huge smile. I just patted him on the shoulder and walked by him, Jack and his funny fantasies.." Can't you see the sails?" Wait. What? I looked out over the horizon and sure enough my ship was on it's way over here. I gulped and turned back to Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn.

"Time to go."

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"Esme, how much longer do you plan on trying to run away from them?" Aragorn asked glaring at me while I was yelling orders to let out full canvas.

"Running, who said anything about running? Do I look like Jack to you?" Said man popped up and growled at me before returning to his station, helping Will calm Elizabeth down. I still don't know what is making her freak out like that. Maybe the prospect of actually having to help fight something?

'Who is Jack?" Aragorn scratched his head for a minute before rolling his eyes and going back to bugging me.

'Lad, just let her be, she must have her reasons, although I too wish to know. Maybe the elf knows somethings we don't seeing as how close they are." I knocked him off the barrel he was lounging on and glared at him.

"You're just jealous that you can't have him." I said sticking my tongue out at him why he grumbled and mumbled about being knocked over. "As to what we are doing, we're recruiting them into the war, they just don't know it yet. I just hope they don't figure out about the paddles, because right now we've got a pretty good lead on them." I turned to see Edward sprinting up to me, guess I spoke too soon.

"They've got the oars out." I'm pretty sure I made Gimli's ear hair curl with my string of curses.

'This ship doesn't have any does it?" I turned to Aragorn who obviously knew whether it did or not, he shrugged his shoulders. Guess he's not as intelligent as I thought. 'MORGAN!" My brother practically fell out of the crows nest when he heard me yelling, shame he didn't really. I never said that.

'Eru. Did you have to do that?" He climbed down and walked as slow as he could over to me. It practically took him an hour to walk the two feet between us, so I whacked him int eh back of the head. 'Ow, what was that for?"

'Being slow. In more than one way. Now, I need to know, does this ship have an oars that can be let out, like my ship does?" Morgan made a weird face, I suppose he was thinking, nothing good can come of that.

"This is a corsair ship, do you think they're smart enough to do something like that? Even I knew that, and I am slow." Touche. Jack does know something.

"True. Okay, never mind. WE'RE SCREWED!" I started running in ac circle waving my hands and screaming, until I ran into Legolas and he smacked his hand over my mouth. Gee, this is oddly familiar.

"Shh, we're only a few leagues away from the wharf, if we lighten the load we should be ok." I took a calming breathe,nodded, straightened my tunic, and turned to Edward, who was snickering.

"What?" He caught my glare.

"Well, why are you just standing there? Get to it!" He nodded and ran off yelling at the crew to start throwing things over board.

"We have the Corsairs in the brigs, we could always throw them over board?" We all turned to Morgan with our mouthes open, who keeps things like that? "What?" He stopped cleaning his finger nails, which were already cleaner than mine, to stare back at us. I hid my fingers from sight.

"Why, did you keep them alive?" Legolas asked walking forward, his hand twitching like he wanted to strangle Morgan. He shrugged.

"Who knows, they could come in handy." I fell over, nope, I'm not related to him.

"Well he sure is a keeper." Jack said smiling down at me. I kicked him in the shin.

"Throw them over board!" I ran over to the stairs only to have Morgan ump in front of me.

"No! Don't kill them! They're my friends now."

"Esme...? Are you alright?" Legolas took to waving his hand in front of my face. Who would think I had such a weird brother? "Esme?"

"I feel like I just got hit in the face by Sam's pan, but I believe I shall make it through it." I placed one hand against my chest. "Morgan, I'm sorry but, WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THEM! NOW MOVE!" He jumped out of my way the fastest I've ever seen him move. "Good brother." I pulled out my sword and began to walk down the stairs only to be stopped by Aragorn.

"Do you really need to have your weapon out?"

"You never known, Morgan could have let them keep their weapons because they said they would play hopscotch with him." I glared once more in the quivering pirates wake before continuing the descent. I heard Legolas walking behind me mumbling about hating stupid people, manly my brother, I started to laugh at this, which caused my down fall. Literally. 'OH SHIT!" I started to tumble down the stairs trying hard not to hit my head, but it didn't take too long for me to roll right into one of the doors of the brigs, which opened right up and I rolled right into the wall. Yes, I did just say the door opened right up. If I make it out of this, Morgan sure won't.

"Esme, the door it's locked back!" Legolas shouted rattling the hinges. Just my luck, it locks after I get stuck in here. "I'll be right back, here's a sword in case they try something!" the stupid idiot, whom I love, throw an unsheathed sword at me, it barely missed my face. It actually cut a piece of my, lovely, beautiful hair off. I think I'm going to cry.

"Are you alright miss?" I felt some bumbling thing try to help me up but I jerked my arm back away and snorted at him. What? He smelled bad.

'Stop being so nice Earl, that's what got your cousin killed at Helms Deep." Another one grunted form the corner.

'Don't you dare mention George, he was twice the orc you were!" The one I surmised was Earl. Wait, they can't be talking about George from the war can they?

"This George character, was he big, black and hairy?" I said poking Earl on the shoulder.

"Why yes he was. He was the spitting image of myself." Earl stuck his chest out mighty proud of his cousin.

"Oh I know, well, knew him! We had a wonderful conversation during the battle at Helms Deep." I smiled and nodded my head at Earl, who looked like he couldn't decide whether to hug me or pee his pants. I turned to look at the other one in the cell with us, he was chuckling in his little corner. " Is there a problem?"

"You. Had. A. Conversation, with an orc during a war?" I could hear him laughing, stupid thing.

"Why yes I did. Is that a problem?" I stalked over to him with my fist up in his face. He continued to laugh, I was about to knock his brains out when Earl pulled me away.

"So how was he doing?" He was still smiling like a freak, it distorted his features.

"I don't want to sound rude or anything, but, can you grimace or something because you're creeping me out with that smile big guy." HE nodded and replaced the smile with a glare. Much better. "Yes I suppose, until someone ran him through. Which I'm deeply sorry about. I severely punished the guy afterward, I promise." The thing was crying freely now, my eyes must have been the size of a frying pan. Who would have thought that an uruk-hai had feelings?

"ESME!!! I''ve got it!" I jumped up and ended up tripping over Earl who was still sitting on the floor blubbering, the thing in the corner laughed. I popped up and glared at it before walking over to the cell door. Legolas was trying to figure out which key it was.

"Honestly, how hard is it?" I placed my hands on my hip and just stared at Legolas who glared at me and stopped trying to find the key. "Ok, I'm sorry!" He smiled and continued his search. Finally we heard the click of the door and it swung open. I Ran forward and gave Legolas a hug. "Finally you got me out of that stupid thing!" He kissed me on my forehead before walking forward and retrieving his sword.

"Up, both of you, out now." Earl was still crying and carrying on, the other one spat on Legolas who kicked him in return. "Out!" The thing finally wobbled by him and up the stairs. I took to letting the other ones out of there cells and directing them up the stairs. This should be interesting.

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"Now, all of you, jump off. NOW!" Not one of them moved, so the men took it upon themselves to start knocking the things off the side. IT was actually quite funny to see it, they had barrels and took to rolling them across the deck to see how many of the orcs they could knock over at once. I convinced them to let Earl stay aboard, I knew he wasn't much of a harm, who knows, he could help us out a bit. So we took to singing a song while watching the guys have a little bowling game.

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

Envy and its evill twin
It crepy in bed with slander
Idiots they gave advice
But sloth it gave no answer
Anger kills the human soul
With butter tales of lust
While pavlov's Dogs keep chewin'
On the legs they never trust

But It's the only life we'll know
Blagards to the bone
So don't wreck yourself
Take an honest grip
For there's more tales beyond the shore

Earl and I were busy doing a line dance and didn't notice all the attention we had attracted until Aragorn cleared his throat.

"Oh hello." I smiled and waved, Earl bowed.

"Are you done yet?" HE grimaced when Earl continued to hum the tune.

'NO! We've only just begun!" Edward came out of nowhere and continued to sing the song until Charlotte knocked him out.

"Now we are." I smiled and turned to look back at the trail of orcs we left floating. We still maintained the same distance between Barbossa and his thieves, so we had no problems, especially since we were almost to the wharf. Thank Eru.

'Hey, can we do that line dance again?" Edward stood up for a mere two seconds, before Charlotte knocked him back out.

Lovely woman, isn't she?

Author's Note: The Song is called Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly. I love them! Anyway, you know the deal!